Concept of an air taxi developed by Arup
Air One - Our designers, advisors and experts worked alongside Urban-Air Port to realise its award-winning vision for the world’s first vertical take-off hub.

This includes providing insight and advice to planning authorities – in terms of potential social licence and noise impacts – as well as national and regional agencies managing airspace and safety, vehicle design and certification, and infrastructure design. Our international presence enables us to apply our global expertise to meet the local requirements of projects of any scale ranging from vertiport designs to targeted acoustic studies. 

Our extensive experience in aviation and integrated planning across multiple engineering and specialist disciplines makes Arup a powerful strategic partner to the emerging advanced air mobility sector.

Air One video
Urban-Air Port is the world’s first vertical take-off hub for flying taxis and delivery drones. Using digital tools, we created a rapidly deployable hub that is 60% smaller than traditional helipads, with an innovative lifting platform.